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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC bringing back old shows on streaming service

    SABC bringing back old shows on streaming service The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) wants to generate additional revenue by making its old content available on its SABC+ streaming platform, reports Rapport. SABC CEO Nomsa Chabeli recently told Parliament that major streaming...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix's share price strong as Big Tech struggles with tariff turmoil

    Netflix's share price strong as Big Tech struggles with tariff turmoil Audiences worldwide turn to Netflix for escapism. Wall Street is doing the same. The video streaming giant is seen as well positioned to weather the turmoil roiling financial markets, given the limited direct impact from...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix password sharing crackdown?

    Hey all We have seen a bit of an increase in South Africans reporting Netflix blocking streaming on a single account in multiple households. Has anyone recently had the same experience?
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix password sharing crackdown?

    Hey all We have seen a bit of an increase in South Africans reporting Netflix blocking streaming on a single account in multiple households. Has anyone recently had the same experience?
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    TV viewership plummets in South Africa

    TV viewership plummets in South Africa There has been a substantial decline in the number of people watching the most popular TV shows and other programmes in South Africa through traditional linear TV broadcasting. That is according to MyBroadband's analysis of the Broadcasting Research...
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    Judge blocks Disney, Warner Bros, and Fox from launching Venu Sports

    Judge blocks Disney, Warner Bros, and Fox from launching Venu Sports Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. and Walt Disney Co. were blocked by a judge from launching their streaming sports service one week before its rollout, taking a blow from their smaller rival FuboTV Inc. US District...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv's embarrassing streaming limit and resolution

    DStv's embarrassing streaming limit and resolution DStv offers far fewer concurrent streams than other major video streaming services in South Africa, in addition to an inferior streaming resolution. The MultiChoice-owned company controversially reduced the number of concurrent streams on all...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix posts best Q1 subscriber growth since 2020

    Netflix posts best Q1 subscriber growth since 2020 Netflix Inc. posted its best start to the year since 2020, attracting more new customers than anyone expected thanks to a strong slate of original programs and a crackdown on password sharing. The company added 9.33 million customers in the...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Telkom customers getting free Prime Video subs

    Telkom customers getting free Prime Video subs Telkom will start giving free limited-period subscriptions to Amazon's Prime Video and Prime Video Mobile Edition streaming service to many of its contract and prepaid customers. Effective from 28 March 2024, Telkom customers buying a new Telkom...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Thabo Bester wants to check Showmax true crime doccie before it streams

    Thabo Bester wants to check Showmax true crime doccie before it streams Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester has threatened legal action against MultiChoice if it streams a documentary about his infamous prison escape and subsequent recapturing, Rapport reports. The first two episodes of...
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  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    X will feature weekly WWE show

    X will feature weekly WWE show Elon Musk’s X is partnering with World Wrestling Entertainment to launch a new weekly series, part of an expansion into highly produced video content. Beginning in the spring, WWE will produce a series called WWE Speed, which will be distributed first on X...
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    BRC survey reveals big decline in linear TV viewing in SA

    BRC survey reveals big decline in linear TV viewing in SA A Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) survey has revealed that the number of households watching traditional linear TV in South Africa has dropped 12.5% between 2019 and 2023. Despite the number of households in South...
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  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix records biggest quarterly subscriber growth since start of Covid-19 pandemic

    Netflix records biggest quarterly subscriber growth since start of Covid-19 pandemic Netflix Inc. signed up 13.1 million customers in the final three months of 2023, the streaming giant’s best quarter of growth since viewers were stuck at home in the early days of the pandemic. The strong...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix's head of film starting his own company

    Netflix's head of film starting his own company Scott Stuber, who built Netflix Inc. into Hollywood’s most prolific movie studio, will leave the streaming giant in March to start a new company. Stuber will stay on as global film chairman at least until the Academy Awards in March to wrap up...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix not making dedicated Apple Vision Pro app

    Netflix not making dedicated Apple Vision Pro app Netflix Inc. isn’t planning to launch an app for Apple Inc.’s upcoming Vision Pro headset, marking a high-profile snub of the new technology by the world’s biggest video subscription service. Rather than designing a Vision Pro app — or even...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon retrenching hundreds of Prime Video employees

    Amazon retrenching hundreds of Prime Video employees Amazon.com Inc. is laying off hundreds of employees in its Prime Video and studios business. Mike Hopkins, who runs the streaming video and studios division, which includes the MGM unit the company acquired last year, announced the cuts in...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    X getting more online video shows

    X getting more online video shows X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, announced a slate of new video shows, including a partnership with former CNN anchor Don Lemon. Lemon will host a 30-minute show on X called “The Don Lemon Show,” airing three times a week “exclusively...
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    Twitch retrenching 500 workers

    Twitch retrenching 500 workers Amazon.com Inc.’s livestreaming site Twitch is poised to cut 35% of its staff, or about 500 workers, according to people familiar with the plans, the latest in a series of job reductions there. The cuts, which could be announced as soon as Wednesday, come amid...
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    MultiChoice reveals some of the new content launching on Showmax 2.0 in February

    Showmax 2.0 launching with slew of new shows and movies MultiChoice has announced some of the local and international content launching on its revamped Showmax platform when it goes live in February. MultiChoice said its partnership with Comcast guarantees an ongoing supply of hit content for...
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    Netflix publishes full viewership numbers on all titles for first time ever

    Netflix publishes full viewership numbers on all titles for first time ever Netflix Inc. is ready to tell the world how many people watch its shows. On Tuesday, the company released global midyear viewer data for every title on its service, the first of what Netflix said will be regular...
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